More than 80 bushfires have been raging across Queensland in what has been the worst known start to the state's bushfire season. At least 47 structures have been destroyed by the fires that have been burning for several days on the Gold Coast hinterland and the Granite Belt. And in northern New South Wales, firefighters have been battling intensifying conditions and the Rural Fire Service has issued an emergency warning for a fire flaring up in the Clarence Valley. We speak to Channel Nine reporter Harry Clarke.